These biomats often appear as slippery green slime, commonly referred to as "blue-green algae," and can be found in stagnant water, riverbeds, and along seashores. Biomats form when cyanobacteria ...

The popularity of their central product, the slime itself, has ebbed and flowed over the decades — from the slippery, chemical-smelling slime of the 1970s to Nickelodeon's "Slime Time Live" in ...

The creatures move by expanding and contracting their single foot, and the slime provides a slippery surface to glide over. The trail of slime can often imperil or slow down attackers such as ...